12 Bible Verses about Abuse, To God's People
Most Relevant Verses
For they will be mocking upon the messengers of God, and despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, even to the bringing up the wrath of Jehovah against his people, even to no healing.
And I a worm and not a man; a reproach of man, and the people despised me. All seeing me will deride me: they will gape with the lip, they will shake the head. He rolled upon Jehovah, he will deliver him: he will deliver him for he delighted in him.
Because for thee I bare reproach: shame covered my face. I was polluted to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's sons. For the zeal of thy house devoured me, and the reproaches of those reproaching thee fell upon me.read more.
And I will weep with fasting of my soul, and it will be for reproaches to me. And I will give my clothing sackcloth, and I for a parable to them. They sitting in the gate will speak against me, and I was but the music of stringed instruments, of strong drink
Thou didst persuade me, O Jehovah, and I shall be persuaded: thou didst hold me fast, and thou wilt prevail: I was for a derision all the day, all mocking to me.
And it will be that when Sanballat heard that we are building the wall, and it will kindle to him, and he will be greatly angry, and he will mock against the Jews. And he will say before his brethren and the strength of Shomeron, and he will say, What are the feeble Jews doing? will they leave to themselves? will they sacrifice? will they finish in a day? will they give life to the stones of the heaps of dust, and they being burnt? And Tobiah the Ammonite near him, and he will say, Also that they are building, if a fox shall go up, and he brake their walls of stones.read more.
Hear, O our God; for we were despised: and turn back their reproach upon their head, and wilt thou give them for plunder in the land of captivity?
In which they are astonished, you not running together in the same pouring out of lavish expense, blaspheming:
Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake.
And having heard of the rising up of the dead, they treated with mockery; and said, We will hear thee again concerning this.
And they opposing, and blaspheming, having shaken off the garments violently, he said to them, Your blood upon your head; I clean: from now will I go to the nations.
I know thy works, and pressure, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and the blasphemy of them saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but the synagogue of the adversary.
